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Alternative Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Asperger's Disease

I am offering an alternative and natural energy therapy for autism, using a combination of reiki and acupressure techniques, which is done fully clothed in a sitting or lying position (one only needs to remove one’s shoes). I have used this method for self-healing over a three year period, without negative side-effects and get great results in enhancing and repairing my nervous system and curing myself from a congenital deformity in the spine.

I can see from the results I’ve achieved, that my therapy and technique is very good to repair the nervous system in the brain and body, thus I feel it will be very effective to help those with autism. Another reason why I feel my therapy is so effective is because I have healed myself, thus my energy is high due to an expanded nervous system, and I have good ability to energize and wake up another’s internal healer to kick-start their own healing process.

As I can’t treat everyone I think of whom I would like to help the most, and I am especially drawn to helping children with neurological conditions. Because they are still in a growing process, I feel I can get the best results with the least amount of sessions and they have the greatest capacity to heal. Part of my treatment is also teaching a parent or caregiver how to do the treatment on themselves and to give it to the child in between my sessions, to accelerate the healing and work with me, and also so you can take it over when my services are no longer required. My technique is easily learned and can be taught to caregivers, parents and even the autistic child themselves, to provide a valuable tool for self-regulation, self-healing and immediate stress relief.

I give people information about healing and effective tools they can use to do self-healing and healing of others, so they can become independent from ‘needing healers’. The more you use the tool yourself, the more empowered you will feel, as you start to see results happening out of your own efforts. Once people are convinced that they have a tool that indeed works, then they will feel empowered to enter into their own healing process. The reality is that it can take 100’s of hours of sessions to fully heal an established disease or illness back to full normality and you could never afford to pay that much, so why I feel it’s so important that you learn how to do my ‘energy healing’ technique yourself.

My hourly rate for children is $25 (sliding fee scale, meaning it depends upon your ability to pay. If you can't afford to pay anything it's totally free.). One session a week would be recommended for at least one month, optimally for 3 months. Notable results should be seen after 3 months, because this is how long it takes for all the body cells to regenerate. After I have given enough sessions, then the nervous system defect that is causing autism spectrum disorder should be sufficiently repaired, so that healing can continue long after I leave. When I leave then optimally you take over the remainder of the healing process, but of course I can come to give a session or guidance whenever it is needed.

Treatment guided research initiative:

I would like to offer my services and this treatment free (both giving of sessions and teaching how to do it) to a few families in the Reno, Nevada area who would like to work in a consistent manner with me over a period of 3 months. Part of your responsibility will be to make daily observations and to record progress over this time span. After we are done, then I will make a report about it with your input, as to it's effectiveness to help heal Autism (or not). I also am very interested in working with other health professionals in Reno, Nevada, who might want to include my service as part of a complemetary treatment for Autism. I understand this is research, so I would donate my time and input. Most important for me is to find an effective treatment for Autism that parents can use themselves, it is not important for me that my own beliefs and methods get validated. I don't want to give false promises, and to find out if it works, then there needs to be a consistent setting, methodology and way to track the results of the treatments. Are there any families out there, that are open to give it a try, either in your home or in a medical setting?

I can give the treatment either remotely or in person in the Reno, Nevada area. For 'hands on treatments' I prefer to treat the child in their own home, as this is less stressful for the family. Reiki/acupressure sessions for autistic children can be short and can even be done while the child is distracted doing something else, such as playing a game, taking a nap or watching television -- as long as they are relatively still. To schedule a session please click on the 'Alternative Therapy for ASD' icon in the left side bar panel, the one with the rainbow hands.

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?

Autism is a biological and neurological spectral disorder that typically appears during the first three years of life. It affects brain function and can be a life long disability resulting in behaviors that affect both verbal and non-verbal communication skills.  Symptoms include certain 'trait' behaviors and affected social development.  This complex developmental disability is four times more common in boys than girls and occurs in 1 in 166 children born today (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Home Initiatives & First Signs Inc.).

Autism is characterized by its early onset. Typical behaviors show up before the age of 36 months, but the symptoms are often masked during the first two years of life by developmental milestones. Autism is a spectral disorder that has a wide range of severity from person to person.  Simply put, people afflicted with autism do not process what they see, hear and sense in a typical manner.

Symptoms may include:

• Lack of or poor eye contact
• Lack of or significantly delayed speech
• Various self-stimulatory behaviors such as hand flapping, rocking, spinning or other repetitive behaviors.
• Covering ears with hands
• Difficulty in socializing with other children
• Insistence on sameness; resists change in routine
• Inappropriate laughing and giggling
• No real fear of dangers
• Sustained odd play.
• Apparent insensitivity to pain.
• Echolalia (repeating words or phrases in place of normal language)
• Preference to be alone; aloof manner.
• May not want cuddling or act cuddly.
• Not responsive to verbal cues (may include his/her name); acts as if deaf.
• Fascination with spinning objects.
• Inappropriate attachment to objects.
• Difficulty in expressing needs; uses gestures or leading others instead of words.
• Noticeable physical over-activity or extreme under-activity.
• Tantrums - displays extreme distress for no apparent reason.
• Unresponsive to normal teaching methods
• Uneven gross/fine motor skills (may not want to kick a ball but can stack blocks.)

source http://www.featsonv.org/what-is-autism.html

What is the Cause of Autism and What Therapy Might Help to Treat Those with Autism?

I have studied a little about autism and believe the symptoms might to be due to an underdevelopment of the mirror neurons. I just read the book: Mirroring People – “The New science of how we connect with others” by Marco Iacoboni, which explains how mirror neurons work and they present an interesting theory on what might be the cause of Autism. I highly recommend reading this book to any parent with autistic children.

Paraphrased exerts from the book with my comments in italics:

“Chameleon Affect” Mirror neurons send signals to limbic system (emotional center) in brain. Neural activity in limbic system triggered by these signals from mirror neurons allow us to feel the emotions associated with observed facial expressions. Only after we feel these emotions internally are we able to explicitly recognize them. We understand the mental states of others by ‘simulating them’ in our brain, using mirror neurons. When these neurons fire then our mirrored muscles fire and we feel the same thing as them, thus we can read the other.

Theory: mirror neurons are neural glue between self and other to be able to distinguish the difference. Mirror neurons are formed in infant brain by interactions between self and other (the self-image builds up…) other people’s behavior is a reflection of our own behavior. In other people we see ourselves with mirror neurons.

Self-recognition and imitation go together because our mirror neurons are born when the ‘other’ imitates the ‘self’. Kids who can recognize themselves in the mirror imitate each other much more than kids not yet having this ability. We get to know ourselves thru the ‘reaction’ we see in the other thus also why we provoke to get a reaction and we are used to living ‘out there’, in the bubble or mirrored view. We are identified with our self-image and that image exits outside of our self. Apes who live with humans can recognize self in mirror, while wild ones can’t. So exposure to humans ‘rubs off’ and self-awareness increases… In the presence of others – mirror neurons fire when we observe action and perform these actions. In short, when we (& apes) look at others, we find both them and ourselves. Rich and long infant/mother interactions, shape mirror neurons and sense of self - primates, dolphins, elephants - all types of animals with long mother/infant times together. Children, near end of 2 nd year recognize themselves in the mirror.

Hypothesis: dysfunction of mirror neuron system is responsible for autism; essentially these people are locked inside themselves. Imitation can be a form of treatment for autism. The problem in autism is a missing ‘emotional’ connection. They have inability to resonate with others emotions. (“Mu” rhythm = expression of oscillatory electrical activity that can be recorded over central motor regions of the brain.) When we move our hands, the Mu rhythm is reduced. Mu rhythm suppression is clear sign of motor activity in brain. Just watching other people it goes down.

Hypothesis for cause of Autism: early development failure of mirror neuron system – leading to cascade of development impairments. Therefore a possible helpful therapy would be to imitate the child with autism – which gets them to recognize you and start to interact. Like meeting them at their wavelength.

 

A little about Reiki & Acupressure (Quicken Touch)

Reiki and acupressure are rapidly becoming more widely accepted into the mainstream as an effective mind body energy treatment, and today is being used by many hospitals as complementary and integrative therapy with modern medical therapies. Studies have shown it to be an effective therapy to treat autism spectrum disorder including Aspergers. I feel that my therapy can be a cure for autism spectrum disorders, but it will need daily sessions over an extended period of time. When one combines reiki with acupressure, then one gets an effective way to treat chinese meridians in the body without having to use excessive pressure and/or needles. Once it is learned, it is easy to use and one only needs to set aside the hour each day to do it. Multiple people can learn how to give the child the treatment, as well as the child can learn it, thus spreading out the responsibility and time commitment it takes to bring about a profound healing.

As soon as treatments are started you will notice a reduction in emotional tension and stress buildup as well the child will sleep better. This therapy is safe and natural and will not produce negative side effects that might interfere with other protocols and/or medicine the child is taking.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD & Asperger's) Resources:

Article: Effective Therapies for Autism and Other Developmental Disorders

Details on how to do my self-healing technique yourself

For more on energy therapy and to schedule a session

 

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD & Asperger's) - National Organization Links:

Autism Speaks

National Autism Association – helping hand financial resources

Autism Society of America

Autism Research Institute

Alternative Therapies for Children with Brain Injury and Developmental Disorders

The Lili Claire Foundation

 

Reno, Nevada Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD & Asperger's) Local Links:

Autism Coalition of Nevada

University of Nevada – Early Childhood Autism Program

The Northern Nevada Chapter of the Autism Society of America

Families for Effective Autism Treatment - Las Vegas, Nevada

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